Chapter 1490: Only a Daoist

Deep within the Jade Fragrance Pavilion, the secret Union Incense Hall.

At the high place of the Incense Hall, a huge painting of a beautiful woman was enshrined. In the painting, the beauty had an extremely beautiful silhouette, a hazy quality that was breathtaking.

But it was covered by a thin gauze curtain, not a single bit of skin exposed.

In the entire Union Sect, no one dared to look directly at this beauty painting.

All they did was respectfully set up the Incense Hall and worship this peerless beauty, letting the beauty painting devour the lustful desires between men and women.

And the Union Sect Hall Master Hua Yinke was currently in seclusion in this Incense Hall, using the incense blessings of the beauty painting to repair his Yin-Yang Union Body.

At this moment, Hua Yinke had once again divided into a male and a female body, twisted together.

But his male 'Yang Body' had already withered more than half. The wound from the Ming Water Heart-Piercing Sword remained, the sword intent merged with the Ming Water, mixed in his blood, poisoning his vitality as his blood circulated.

Even if this Yang Body was preserved, to repair it and restore its peak strength in the future, he would need to 'eat' many men and absorb much yang qi.

With Hua Yinke's cultivation, he could have gradually explored the realm of Feather Transformation, which he dreamed of.

Once entering Feather Transformation, he could transcend the mundane world, gain the qualification to establish a sect and gather disciples.

Slowly develop his demonic power, and then break through to Cave Void, he could then style himself as a patriarch and become a demonic overlord.

But now, with this heavy setback, this ideal was once again distant.

Hua Yinke hated Yu Cangming to death, and also hated the Demon Suppression Department.

'Sooner or later, I will kill every last one of the Dao Court Department and the Demon Suppression Department—I will drain all of you, men and women alike, into dried husks to supplement my Dao foundation—'

Hua Yinke said viciously.

Suddenly, a sharp pain came—the injury of the Union Yang Body was acting up. Hua Yinke let out a painful howl, his face pale as paper, cold sweat on his forehead. Immediately, he dared not hesitate and swallowed a series of blood-red pills, then drank a full basin of umbilical cord blood, as well as yang pills made from ox, sheep, and human penises.

These pill medicines would be considered filthy and dirty by ordinary cultivators.

But the demonic Union Sect cultivators enjoyed them as great supplements.

With the supplements and the blessing of the beauty painting, Hua Yinke's injury actually eased after a short while.

Hua Yinke knelt on the ground, kowtowing devoutly to the tall beauty painting, which was hazy behind thin gauze, with a beautiful silhouette but no true face: 'Thank you, Celestial Maiden, for blessing me, preserving my desires of men and women, preserving my Union Dao foundation—'

The beauty painting was calm, without a ripple.

There was a trace of disappointment in Hua Yinke's heart, but he had no choice.

Not everyone had the qualification to receive the Celestial Maiden's favor.

Hua Yinke did not dare to look up, lest he be seduced by the Celestial Maiden's desires and become a puppet. He only dared to kowtow three times, then slowly retreated, sealing the Incense Hall with a Union array to prevent others from prying.

Outside the Incense Hall, there was another secret chamber. The chamber was spacious, with a large bed in the middle, silver hooks gently drawn, and cloud gauze brocade curtains.

Hua Yinke lay down on the bed, shedding the humility and caution he had when worshipping the Celestial Maiden, and said lazily, 'Come in.'

Miao Niangzi, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, respectfully entered and bowed gracefully: 'Hall Master.'

Hua Yinke asked, 'Where is Department Officer Pu?'

Miao Niangzi said, 'Returned to the Dao Court Department.'

Hua Yinke hummed, 'Let him rest assured. In the Dao Court Department from top to bottom, who hasn't slept with the girls of my Jade Fragrance Pavilion? Those surnamed Gu and the others don't dare to touch him easily.'

Miao Niangzi said softly, 'Yes.'

Hua Yinke looked up at Miao Niangzi, reached out and patted the bed beside him, and said gently, 'Come here.'

Miao Niangzi's body trembled, but she still smiled obsequiously: 'Yes, Hall Master—'

Miao Niangzi slowly walked to the edge of Hua Yinke's bed and stopped.

Hua Yinke pulled Miao Niangzi onto the bed, pressed her underneath, and began to nuzzle and rub.

Miao Niangzi resisted in her heart, but her Union cultivation technique was taught to her by Hua Yinke; once the technique was provoked, she couldn't help but feel lust in her heart.

After some such rubbing, the passion was strong.

Hua Yinke then untied Miao Niangzi's clothes, caressed and fondled, reached out to test Miao Niangzi's body, but found it cold to the touch. He immediately flew into a rage and slapped Miao Niangzi across the face, cursing, 'Where is the yang essence you harvested?'

Miao Niangzi's fair face now had five bright red finger marks. She covered her face and said tremblingly, 'Hall Master, this servant—didn't harvest any—'

Hua Yinke shrieked angrily, 'Bitch, still lying to me? Did you secretly consume it all?'

Miao Niangzi's face turned pale: 'Hall Master, this servant dare not, these days I really haven't harvested any—'

But Hua Yinke grew even more furious, grabbing Miao Niangzi by the throat: 'What use is a waste like you? This Hall Master bestowed you the inheritance, protected you, so that you could absorb yang essence and supply it to me. You only consume without providing, how selfish! How greedy! If everyone were like you, when will our Union Holy Sect flourish and become a great demonic sect?'

Miao Niangzi was choked, unable to struggle, her face turning red.

Hua Yinke saw Miao Niangzi in pain, and remembering that now was a time when he needed people, he slowly released his grip.

Miao Niangzi, having narrowly escaped death, gasped for air and said urgently, 'Hall Master, forgive me—the Dao Court Department is strict in their investigations, and no good goods have come in, so this servant couldn't harvest yang essence. I only put on a fake show with Department Officer Pu. Hall Master, grant me some more time, I will surely harvest enough yang essence and offer it to you—'

Only then did Hua Yinke's expression ease slightly. He patted Miao Niangzi's cheek and said, 'Don't disappoint me—'

Miao Niangzi said humbly, 'Yes, yes—'

Hua Yinke glanced at Miao Niangzi's body again.

As the Hall Master of the Union Sect, he had experienced countless such affairs between men and women, long numb to them.

Although Miao Niangzi was beautiful, without yang essence to harvest, it was ultimately somewhat boring.

But if he didn't 'punish' this little bitch, she might not learn to fear, and would cut corners again.

Hua Yinke's gaze gradually turned venomous.

Miao Niangzi's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said, 'Hall Master, this servant has something to report—'

Hua Yinke was a bit surprised, 'What?'

Miao Niangzi said tremblingly, 'It concerns—that Young Master Mo.'

Hua Yinke's expression instantly became serious; the face of that handsome, inhuman young man flashed through his mind.

Hua Yinke immediately said solemnly, 'Speak.'

Miao Niangzi said, 'Earlier, that Young Master Mo was on the roof beam with his male lover, being intimate, with intense passion.

This servant couldn't see through his concealment, but I smelled the scent of lust—

But afterward, thinking back, there was something suspicious—'

Hua Yinke frowned, 'What suspicion?'

Miao Niangzi said softly, 'This servant seemed to have perceived—a certain Union treasure's aura from that Young Master Mo.'

Hua Yinke's pupils contracted, 'Treasure?'

Miao Niangzi nodded, 'I'm not sure either, but at that time, it faintly seemed like—a supreme treasure of the Union faction, which stirred that Young Master Mo's desire, allowing me to detect his presence.

If not for that, with his temperament and concealment methods, such a slip would not have occurred—'

Hua Yinke asked, 'Do you know what supreme treasure it is?'

Miao Niangzi smiled bitterly, 'My knowledge is shallow, I don't know what ancient treasures our Union Sect possesses. I only deduced from feeling that it should be a treasure that can guide the desires of people's hearts—'

'Guide—the desires of people's hearts—' Hua Yinke's heart pounded fiercely.

All flesh and blood, spiritual power, and magic tools were tangible, but tangible was often inferior.

The truly superior methods toyed with formless human hearts and desires.

This was especially true of the Union Sect; anything related to 'the human heart' was, without exception, a marvelous treasure or Dao lineage.

But today's Union Sect relied on flesh and sex, playing only with tangible men and women.

Such Dao lineages related to 'the heart' were mostly lost.

To make these current Union Sect cultivators, whose minds were full of carnal pleasures, comprehend the human heart was like asking an ox to play the lute.

Hua Yinke did not show his expression, 'I understand—who else have you told about this?'

Miao Niangzi hurriedly said, 'I dare not speak carelessly, I only told you, Hall Master.'

Hua Yinke nodded, gently stroked Miao Niangzi's cheek, and said approvingly, 'You did well. Next time you have such a clue, tell me immediately, but keep silent to others. If not—'

Hua Yinke's gaze turned cold, and the force in his hand increased.

Miao Niangzi immediately tensed up: 'Yes, my technique was taught by you, Hall Master. Everything I have is yours. Your great kindness is unforgettable. I will work hard for you, Hall Master, to harvest yang essence, so that you may achieve Feather Transformation and attain immortality—'

Hua Yinke felt comforted by these words. He looked at Miao Niangzi and said, 'You little bitch, you have many schemes, but you speak well. Go, go do your work—'

Miao Niangzi felt relieved and said, 'This servant takes her leave.'

Hua Yinke personally helped Miao Niangzi put on her clothes.

Miao Niangzi was flattered and forced a smile, 'Thank you for your affection, Hall Master.'

'Go,' Hua Yinke said.

'Yes—' Miao Niangzi withdrew humbly.

After Miao Niangzi left, the room was empty. Hua Yinke lay alone on the bed, his yang qi severely depleted, but his mind was in turmoil.

'Young Master Mo—Union supreme treasure—'

'How could that Young Master Mo have our Union Sect's supreme treasure?'

'What exactly is the origin of this treasure—'

Hua Yinke's gaze was heavy.

And at this moment, it was not only Hua Yinke who was thinking about Mo Hua.

In some underground bloody demon lair, the Blood Dragon Mountain Lord had torn apart three demon cultivators with his bare hands and drunk three whole large altar bowls of blood, but still could not calm the anger in his heart.

'Mo Hua—Mo Hua—'

'Where did this little wretch come from, to shame my dignity? He deserves to die, die!'

—

Under the Blood Dragon Mountain Lord's rage, the other tall demon cultivators of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain were all silent like cicadas in winter.

The Blood Dragon Mountain Lord took another big gulp of blood, still feeling it was not enough, not at all quenching his thirst, so he cursed, 'Investigate!'

'Find out everything about this Mo Hua's background. If this brat is just bluffing, I will eat him alive, no—'

'I will skin him and use his hide to soak in blood wine, drinking for eighty-one days—'

The Blood Dragon Mountain Lord's eyes were fierce.

The demon cultivators hurriedly said, 'Yes, Mountain Lord.'

Elsewhere, in a gloomy cemetery, a white bone hall was built.

In the center of the hall, the Withered Bone Loose Cultivator was calm.

Demon cultivators were bloodthirsty and liked to eat people, with well-developed limbs but weak minds, and were the most cruel and deadly.

But the Withered Bone Loose Cultivator's body was mostly bones, lacking blood, so he was relatively calm.

The matter of the Jade Fragrance Pavilion surfaced in his mind.

At this moment, in his hollow eye sockets, a gleam of suspicion and paranoia appeared: 'Madam Rui—and that Green Corpse Master, both great demons, why are they so afraid of this Mo Hua?

'They didn't even try to test him and fled directly?'

'Could it be that in the Dragon Pool incident back then, this brat really killed the Demon Dragon Mountain Lord, Silver Corpse Elder, and Ghost Child Hermit?'

'But how is this possible? Unless it was a daydream, how could a Golden Core initial stage kill Golden Core late stage?'

The Withered Bone Loose Cultivator racked his brains but could not understand.

Fortunately, he only had a skeleton head left, not much brain matter.

Besides that, there was another thing—

At that time, Madam Rui and Green Corpse Master were directly deterred by Mo Hua and retreated.

The Withered Bone Loose Cultivator also withdrew immediately. Besides his cautious and suspicious nature, there was another reason.

The Withered Bone Loose Cultivator frowned, 'Why do I feel that this Young Master Mo has a heavier killing curse than me?'

'There are more vengeful spirits and ghosts entangled in his fate than mine?'

These vicious ghostly auras were hidden in fate, others might not detect them.

But as a great ghost cultivator of the Skeleton Cave, the Withered Bone Loose Cultivator was extremely sensitive to them.

'Could this Young Master Mo also be a great demon who kills like flies, with a multitude of ghosts under his command?'

'Is that—correct?'

'Isn't he a righteous cultivator?'

'As a Golden Core initial stage, where did he kill so many people? And how could he bear such a huge backlash of karma and evil?'

The Withered Bone Loose Cultivator grew more suspicious.

It was a pity that the Great Wilderness Calamity back then not only caused heavy losses to the righteous path, but the Mysterious Daoist also showed no mercy to their demonic colleagues.

After that great calamity, the demonic cultivators who survived all kept their mouths shut, not daring to discuss matters of the Royal Court and Ghostly Path back then.

Because the karma of those events was intricately connected, all involving the Mysterious Daoist who descended.

If a word was careless, and something terrifying was mentioned, it was easy for the Ghostly Path to pollute one's mind.

Therefore, apart from the obvious major event of the Mysterious Daoist descending the Great Wilderness Calamity, few dared to discuss what exactly happened in the Royal Court and Dragon Pool back then.

'Brother Ghost Child—who died at whose hands?'

'And this Mo Hua—just what kind of divine being is he?'

The Withered Bone Loose Cultivator's gaze was hollow and desolate, full of doubt.

And in another part, in the middle of an endless cemetery, a huge coffin made of green jade hung.

Inside the coffin lay a 'corpse', which was the demonic giant Green Corpse Master.

At this moment, Green Corpse Master was lying with eyes closed, nurturing his corpse qi.

The corpse cultivation lineage had many schools; some used humans to control corpses, some used corpses to control humans, and some merged human and corpse. But regardless of the corpse Dao school, they all relied on coffins, land, yin qi, and earth qi.

With these restrictions, especially in the territory of the righteous path, corpse cultivators could not easily go out.

Every time they went out, away from the coffin and the corpse-nurturing ground, even if they did not fight, their corpse qi would be depleted, needing the blood essence of living people to replenish.

But the current situation was not yet mature.

The righteous path was still in its prime, the transition between righteous and demonic was not fully realized, far from the point where they could kill freely and use human flesh and blood to replenish corpse qi.

Since they could not arbitrarily slaughter or use living humans to 'feed', after going out once, Green Corpse Master had to return to his corpse-nurturing ground as soon as possible, using the green jade coffin to nurture his corpse qi.

Inside the green jade coffin, jade-like corpse poison flowed.

Green Corpse Master lay like a 'dead corpse' in the jade coffin, motionless, but his thoughts kept shifting.

Regarding the matter of the Great Wilderness, the one with the clearest internal understanding was Corpse Yin Valley.

Because the Feather Transformation that protected the demonic prodigies' core formation was the Golden Corpse True Person of Corpse Yin Valley.

For this reason, besides Madam Rui as a 'witness', Green Corpse Master more or less knew the name 'Mo Hua'.

He had heard of the deeds of this youth named 'Mo Hua' in the Dragon Pool incident back then.

Not only that, the Golden Corpse True Person of Corpse Yin Valley had also warned him: 'This Mo Hua has low-grade bones, but he is different from ordinary prodigies. Do not view him with common sense, nor even view him as a human. Either stay far away and do not offend each other. Once you offend, you must kill him with a fatal blow, sever all karma, and leave no chance for a comeback. Otherwise, great disaster will ensue. Remember, remember—'

Green Corpse Master thought these words were too alarmist at the time.

But meeting him today, Mo Hua did not seem as terrifying and inhuman as the Golden Corpse True Person said.

However, constrained by the situation and not wanting to cause trouble, Green Corpse Master followed the Golden Corpse True Person's teachings and silently retreated.

But what really puzzled Green Corpse Master was that, according to the Golden Corpse True Person, this Mo Hua was deeply embroiled in the Great Wilderness back then, even deep in the boundless abyss, which was the territory of that Daoist.

If so, how did he manage to escape from the hands of the Mysterious Daoist?

This was actually the truly incredible thing—

Did he escape from the Mysterious Daoist's hands, or was he deliberately 'released' by the Mysterious Daoist?

If he escaped, what divine ability did he have to escape from the Mysterious Daoist?

If he was released, why didn't the Mysterious Daoist pursue him?

What exactly was his relationship with the Mysterious Daoist?

The more he thought about these things, the more bizarre they seemed.

Moreover, concerning the 'Mysterious Daoist', Green Corpse Master had to take it seriously.

People actually did not understand the terror of a Daoist, because this world had not seen a true 'Daoist' for a very long time.

The Mysterious Daoist was a newly promoted 'Daoist', with too shallow seniority, but even so, he could single-handedly cause the monstrous Great Wilderness disaster.

'The power of a Daoist is too terrifying—the position of a Daoist is also too important—'

'If we want to plunder the Heavenly Dao, rule over all living beings, and seek the chance of immortality in the upcoming upheaval of heaven and earth—we must venerate our own Daoist—'

In this world, there was far more than one Daoist.

Only a Daoist could counterbalance another Daoist—

Green Corpse Master lurked in the jade coffin, seemingly resonating with some ancient existence, his gaze profound, tinged with an ancient aura of decay.